tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post4648077851265312973..comments2024-03-23T08:13:12.713-07:00Comments on Growing Up in Verdun ,Montreal & Information: 104 Year Old San Francisco Film prior to the earthquakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-71914969643849415812011-03-12T10:43:38.000-08:002011-03-12T10:43:38.000-08:00Guy it certainly is/was a grand old building as yo...Guy it certainly is/was a grand old building as you say & your intuition was right on a CPR train station which is now below some new plaza or something like that:<br /> <br />'the 2nd CPR station for Vancouver, designed by Edward Maxwell, and it opened in 1898 (the first was just a pile of wood). It's currently a parking lot underneath that elevated plaza between the Vancouver Sun tower and the 3rd CPR station, now Waterfront station, built in 1914 by Barott, Blackader, and Webster"<br /> I will start a new thread of Vancouver Early 1900's keepin gthis SanFrancisco topic more in tact.<br /><a href="http://lesf.multiply.com/photos/album/95/CPR_older_Buildings#1" rel="nofollow"></a><br /> Cheers !! HF&RVLes Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-29051884413289700512011-03-12T09:49:11.000-08:002011-03-12T09:49:11.000-08:00That grand old building I referred to is very impr...That grand old building I referred to is very impressive and I thought maybe it was a train station or a grand hotel. There must certainly be some information around that identifies that building. If you find anything let me know. Just to satisfy my curiosity and it may interest other members.<br />GuyGuy Billardhttp://shgverdun.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-12673773333915700332011-03-12T09:34:50.000-08:002011-03-12T09:34:50.000-08:00Here is a present day shot of Granville & Pend...Here is a present day shot of Granville & Pender according to Google Streetview Maps,you can scroll around ,or move the cursor and see all the surrounding buildings ,as well as travel down te street, I don't see the building in question,but based on the old film I'd say the tram is heading straight down Granville and turns right on Pender, if it could have gone straight it would have headed towards the ocean & you would see the mountains in the background if that old building wasn't in the way.?? <a rel="nofollow" href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Granville+%26+Pender+Vancouver&aq=&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=18.602302,36.474609&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Granville+St+%26+W+Pender+St,+Vancouver,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+British+Columbia&ll=49.284715,-123.114865&spn=0,0.01781&z=15&layer=c&cbll=49.284715,-123.114865&panoid=nhaNO7ydx84nQVrMSS7pFQ&cbp=12,135.98,,0,5">http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Granville+%26+Pender+Vancouver&aq=&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=18.602302,36.474609&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Granville+St+%26+W+Pender+St,+Vancouver,+Greater+Vancouver+Regional+District,+British+Columbia&ll=49.284715,-123.114865&spn=0,0.01781&z=15&layer=c&cbll=49.284715,-123.114865&panoid=nhaNO7ydx84nQVrMSS7pFQ&cbp=12,135.98,,0,5</a><br /> Cheers !! HF&RVLes Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-25221875288187406182011-03-12T09:23:05.000-08:002011-03-12T09:23:05.000-08:00Hello Guy here is a link called "City Reflect...Hello Guy here is a link called "City Reflections" Vancouver , the link will show you some isolated shots from the film with a modern day shot appearing when you move your mouse over the old pic. It looks to me like that old building maybe gone, based on the modern day shot,but the comparison pictures are not that well planned out (imho) However if you study the photos you can see that some of those old building are still around. I think it would seem improbable that they would tear down such a large building,it looks like a bank ??? The Merchant Bank ? maybe Sandra (if she sees this ) would be able to tell us if that building is still there or not, she knows downtown Vancouver really well,.she drives it more often than most people. Hopefully she will see this and be able to say whether that building is still around...in the mean time have a look at these 'Then & Now' shots of Vancouver <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.johnatkin.com/harbeck/images.htm">http://www.johnatkin.com/harbeck/images.htm</a><br /> Cheers !! HF&RVLes Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-2862734350055375472011-03-12T08:31:20.000-08:002011-03-12T08:31:20.000-08:00Les,
What is the name of the large building at the...Les,<br />What is the name of the large building at the end of the street at the beginning of the film before the tramway turns right and is it still there. If we compare this film with the San Francisco film, there is much les trafic and less cars and much more horses.<br />GuyGuy Billardhttp://shgverdun.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-85777971589222949072011-03-12T08:22:23.000-08:002011-03-12T08:22:23.000-08:00Here's the Vancouver film...........
...Here's the Vancouver film...........<br /><br /> Cheers!! HF&RVLes Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-87795558426629635962011-03-12T08:16:43.000-08:002011-03-12T08:16:43.000-08:00I believe there is film somewhere (we may have see...I believe there is film somewhere (we may have seen posted here too) about the same theme ,driving through Vancouver I think it was, maybe someone will post that........ HF&RVLes Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464100720604662734.post-48315603241031330642011-03-12T08:12:29.000-08:002011-03-12T08:12:29.000-08:00I Guy ,I thought I'd post the video player ,ma...I Guy ,I thought I'd post the video player ,making it visible & easy to click on hope you don't mind.<br /><br /><br /> Cheers !! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HF&RV<br /> I think we posted this before ,,I know I have seen it, however it is interesting to see ,& it certainly goes a long way to my thinking of Film & Photographic everything,because it will be appreciated in the future.<br />Imagine if we had more old film from Montreal / Verdun ,we'd be happy for sure, So Take Pictures Everyone.................Les Fhttp://lesf.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com